This statistic shows the amount of plastics found in products in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream between in 2018, by category. In durable goods, some 13.7 million tons of plastics was found in 2018.
A list of the materials generated in municipal solid waste in the United States can be found here.
Plastics found in products in the municipal solid waste stream in the United States in 2018, by category
(in 1,000 tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Plastics found in products in the municipal solid waste stream in the United States in 2018, by category (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/443439/plastics-generation-in-us-municipal-solid-waste-stream-by-category/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Plastics found in products in the municipal solid waste stream in the United States in 2018, by category (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/443439/plastics-generation-in-us-municipal-solid-waste-stream-by-category/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Plastics found in products in the municipal solid waste stream in the United States in 2018, by category (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/443439/plastics-generation-in-us-municipal-solid-waste-stream-by-category/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Plastics Found in Products in The Municipal Solid Waste Stream in The United States in 2018, by Category (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/443439/plastics-generation-in-us-municipal-solid-waste-stream-by-category/
Environmental Protection Agency, Plastics found in products in the municipal solid waste stream in the United States in 2018, by category (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/443439/plastics-generation-in-us-municipal-solid-waste-stream-by-category/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Plastics found in products in the municipal solid waste stream in the United States in 2018, by category (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/443439/plastics-generation-in-us-municipal-solid-waste-stream-by-category/
